flask
Middle English
/ˈflask(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- (rare) A small barrel for beer storage.
- (rare) A container for the storage of garments.
Etymology
Borrowed from flascon derived from Frankish *flaska (flask, bottle) derived from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (bottle, flask, braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flaskǭ
Gloss
bottle, flask, braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flask English
- flaskette English
- flaskful English
- flaskless English
- flasklet English
- flasklike English
- hydroflask English
- powderflask English
- flasca Latin
- flasco Latin
- flascō Latin
- flascōnem Latin
- fiasco Italian
- faire fiasco French
- фляга Russian
- фляжка Russian
- *pleḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ploḱ-skō Proto-Indo-European
- frasco Portuguese
- *flaskǭ Proto-Germanic
- *flehtaną Proto-Germanic
- flasce Old English
- flaska Old Norse
- *ploska Proto-Slavic
- flaska, flasca Old High German
- fla(s)con, flacon Middle French
- *flaskā gmw-pro
- flaska Old Saxon
- *flaska Frankish
- *flasko Frankish
- flascon xno
- filas Hausa
- flas Antillean Creole